reporting live in oakland, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there were concerns ahead of today's day of action that there might be a repeat of the violence from earlier this week. one oakland city willsman says he believes that the city is seeing violent outburst during protests because city leaders have created an atmosphere that allows such incidents to happen. >> they can break in my house and shoot up my neighborhood, they can vandalize international and sometimes we don't respond with the law enforcement. people call, call and nobody shows up. >> the interim oakland police chief says his department is trying to respond efficiently to calls while dealing with a severe understaffing problem. >> 100 cities hold rallies across the nation, 3,000 people demonstrated in downtown atlanta. family members of dr. martin luther king who based his civil rights movement in atlanta says his work remains you been finished. >> people in a small quiet crowd carried pictures of trayvon martin through the streets of sanford, florida. that is martin's hometown and the place he was killed. >>> hu